The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-28
MISCELLANEOUS,

| cOIhInOH ITlSn potato
-Brown-"How your eyes flashed
while you were talking TO Miss De We're.
Jones!n Jones-'Of course they did,
my boy. was sparkling"
Nellie Lamb. of Fillmore County,
Neb., aged eleven years and wearing
short dresses. recently ran away from
home with printer name Kelsey.
"A grown turkey. belonging to Mrs.
G. B. Beecher. of Griffin, Ga. swallowed
bee q few days ago, which stung its
vitals. and in less than an hour it was
stone dead.
"A man at Americas. Ga, went to
bed thinking SD intently of mulberry
tree that he was 10 transplant in the
morning that he got up in his sleep and
transplanttd the tree, and welt back
to bed without waking up.
lightning struck near tree against
which negro boy was leaning in At
lanta- He whirled around two or three
times and ran. After running some
distance ne stopped and went through
the same spinning motion. He has been
crazed ever since.
New Orleans women are, without
doubt, the best dressed to be seen any
where" says writer in the New
Orleans Picayune. One fact cited in
evidence is that they do not ignore the
just claims of economy, this restraint
preventing gaudiness.-AuquSta (Ga.
Chronicle.
Fishing for Compliments
IA everybody's getting too clever
nowadays. l assure you, my chief
object in society is to conceal my
ignorance. and prevent people from
finding out what an AFFECT fool l really
amr' Miss Towers-.'And do you
succeed" Punch.
MY dear. why are the eggs ALWAYS
hard at breakfast now?' asked Mr..
Snsggs. They must be eggs of tina
new hens" replied Mrs. Snaggs.
thoughtfully. The new hens! Wht
should their eggs be hard?" "TheE
are Plymouth Rocks, YOU know. -
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
Some years ago an American gram.
marian gave a conjngation of the verh
kiss, as follows: "Buss, to kiss; rebus.
to kiss again; pluribus, to kiss without;
regard to number; sillybus. 10 kiss tbs
hand instead of the lips; blunderbuss,
to kiss the wrong person; omnibus, ia
kiss everybody in the room; erebus. To
kiss in the dark"
George Scott started out to fight a
tame bear in New Hampshire town
the other night on wager of twenty
five dollars. Bruin gave him ''side-
winder' on the ear which broke his jaw
and knocked him senseloss. and when
George came to he packed his valise
AID left the country IN a dog-trot.-
Detroit Free Press.
Have You spoken to my daughter.
yet?" asked the old nan. No. sir;
wanted your consent first" "Well, l
advise you to give up the idea. don't
believe she would marry you. and if
she did, neither of you would be hap
py" "Why do you think so. sir?"
Because you part your hair in the
middle and she parts hers on the side"
Puck.
"A Cincinnati jew owed a clothing
firm in that city $50 for an overcoat,
which he did not seem inclined to pay.
An attorney induced him one day 70
take a Turkish bath, and while he was
ENJOYING himself, constable came in
and took all hi. clothes. not even lcav-
ing Shirt-stud. After three hours
wait, his brother brought him his old
suit
A childish remark very often
puncturcs the assertion of an older
head. A friend at the tea table. speak
ing of the necessity of courtesy and the
manner in which it distinguished n
gentleman from a boor, said: II in
variably lift my hat to a lady acquaint-
ance on the street" But. pa" re-
marked his little daughter, '.you don t
lift your hat to mother when you meet
her on the street; she's one lady you
don't do it to. know" -Boston Budget.
"A Rockland. Me. smoker bought
cigar the other day in one of the stores
of that city, and on smoking it found
small gold ring on the inside. The
cigar was of Pennsylvania make. and it
was evidently not prize. as the box
had no lotte.y attachment. The only
way % account for the find is that some
lady cigar maker accidentally manu-
featured her ring into the cigar, it
being evidently a lady's ring.
An interesting series of expert
nents has been made by DR.. j. W. Fra
ser on the influence of orr common
beverages on digestion. Among these
drinks ne find; that water is usually
tine best. OF infusions. tea or cocoa
acts most favorxbly when bread is
eaten. and coffee is the best for use
with meat or eggs. Eggs are the best
animal food with infused beverages,
and should be soft-boiled when tea is
the beverage, and hard-boiled with
coffee or cocoa.-Public Opinion.
Very considerable: Miss Edith
why, mamma; hero 10 notice
in the morning paper of the COM
plete failure of the Widows and
Orphans Benefit Insurance Company!
Wasn't that the company that poor
dear Uncle James had his policy for
our benefit in?n Mamma-"Ycs. dear"
Edith-"And it was only two days
ago you collected the amount in